LS Weekly Memo July 2014

Enjoy your summer.  See you in August, if not sooner.

COMMUNITY

LS Office Closed for Summer

We hope you are all enjoying the many pleasures of summer break.  Lyn, Chris and Jenny go off on their breaks on June 27. David will be in and out of the office.  We all return full-time Monday, August 4th. Our thanks to all of you for a terrific year, many exciting projects to look forward to in 2014-2015!

Building Design

THA will be working on designs over the summer.  Look for detailed designs in August.

Remember the LS Building Design folder for inspirations.

Admissions

Some changes happen to enrollment over the summer.  I will be in touch if we need to change class placement for any current students.

PROGRAM

Accomplishments and Plans

Lyn has put your accomplishments and plans into Google Docs. Search for ACCOMPLISHMENTS/ INSPIRATIONS.  It has been inspiring to read through them.

Inquiry Reflections and Plans from the Cadwell Workshop

Chris has put your Inquiry Reflections and Plans into Google Docs.  Here’s the link Cadwell Workshop Documentation 6.18.14

Inquiry Ideas - Common Experiences for 2014-15

We are drafting a plan to support Inquiry in LS for 2014-15 based on your feedback from the Cadwell Workshop and discussion with the Team Leaders and Louise.  We are focusing on two primary experiences:

Common experiences for all related to

Classroom design for inquiry

Curriculum design for inquiry

Questioning and listening strategies

Inquiry talks in the classroom

Documentation

Coaching sessions with Louise Cadwell

We will roll out a more detailed plan in August

4 Year Academic Essentials Plan

The academic initiatives plan has been shared with you.  

Pick Up Your Summer Reading

A number of you have a copy of An Ethic of Excellence in your mail boxes.  Stop by campus and pick up your book!

Summer Stipends

Above is the spreadsheet of approved summer stipends and when they will occur. Take a look to see if you can find some collaboration potential.         

Curriculum Designs

I have created a common folder, LS Curriculum Designs,  where you can put your drafted Curriculum Designs.  Please place your designs here so we can learn from each other.

OPERATIONS

Summer Camps Room Usage

Here is the listing of camp usage during the summer.  KNow the plan is subject to change

Opening of School Calendar - see email from Anne Weston

Volunteers in Lower School

Right size volunteer offerings to 200 spots per grade level.

Here are the directions to get your listing of volunteer offerings.

1.  Log in to your VolunteerSpot account (this will require your email address and password).

2.  Click on the orange tab labelled "My Activities."

3.  Select the activity for which you wish to generate a report and click on the listing to open.   (Each LS teacher has "Scheduled Jobs" and "Projects" activities in VolunteerSpot.)

4.  Click the brown "Export" icon on the left of the page to download the information as an excel spreadsheet.  

Download both "Scheduled Jobs" and "Projects."

Summer Stipend Forms

Don’t forget to submit your forms to Lyn after you completed your summer stipend.  Once processed, Lyn will submit your check request when we return in early August.

Schedule Changes

I have made changes to the PreK schedule to explore a more fully integrated schedule for our youngest students. This impacted several other changes so review your scheduel when you receive it in August.

Duty Schedule for Beginning School and First Through Fifth Grade

I will make minor changes to the duty schedules this summer. Look for revised schedules in August.